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TROIS AUGUST '83 Fort Wayne Indiana Three Rivers' One In Six Issue #41 • PMS: WHAT IS IT? by Gail Post, R.N., M.S.; Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is the physical and emotional response of a woman's body to cyclic hormonal change. Symptoms recur reg­ularly and there is a symptom free phase during each cycle. Symptoms vary in type, intensity and timing from woman to woman. Symptoms may include tension, anxiety, de­pression, fatigue, clumsiness, headaches, swelling, breast tenderness, joint pain, head­aches, herpes outbreaks, sinusitis, as well as many others. Symptoms may occur anytime be­tween midcycle (usually time of ovulation) and the middle of the menstrual flow. It varies in length in individuals. PMS usually begins at a time of hormonal change such as at puberty, with or after use of the Pill, after pregnancy, after a tubal ligation, or after a hysterectomy. Dr. Katharina Dalton began treating PMS in England over thirty years ago. She estimates that 40% of menstrual age women experience some symptoms and that 10% of menstrual age women experience severe symptoms which interfere with a normal life. he severe symptoms are most often noticed in a women's 30's and often increase in severity sith age until menopause. There are many theories about the cause of PMS and as a result many theories of treatment. Diagnosis depends on a woman's recognition of the cyclic occurrence of symptoms. Charting of symptoms and menstruation along with the dates they occur aid the woman and her physi­cian in diagnosis. Unfortunately, PMS has only recently been re­cognized, treated, and written about in the U.S. Obtaining medical recognition and care may take knowledge, patience, and energy which may be difficult for a PMS sufferer with se­vere symptoms. There are some self-help ways to relieve PMS symptoms. These include frequent small, high protein, low carbohydrate meals, and no caf­feine. Also Vitamin B6 (100-500 mg./day),Magnesium (250 mg.), Calcium (125 mg.), and Potassium (50-100 mg.) may help. Exercise and relaxation techniques aid in coping with the premenstrual symptom. Traditional medical treatment with tranquil­izers, antidepressants, the Pill, progestogens (synthetic progesterone) and hysterectomy often do not help PMS. Current medical treatment with antiprostaglandins (Ponstel, Motrin) or diuretics (especially spironolactone) often relieve some of the symptoms. Dr. Dalton has used treatment with natural progesterone for over thirty years. It can only be used vagi­nally, rectally, or by injection. Recently the first progesterone treatment research in the U.S. was recommended for approval by an FDA committee. Progesterone can be prescribed by physicians and, despite controversy, is used by growing numbers of women who have not gained relief with other treatment. Editors' note: Because Ms. Post experienced severe symptoms for several years and spent those years learning about PMS and searching for help before she did find relief, she wants to educate and support women with similar pro­blems. She is leading several free PMS sup­port groups as well as offering individual con­sultations for a fee at Phoenix Clinics. She believes women suffer needlessly and wants wo­men in this area to understand PMS and obtain relief of the symptoms in whatever way neces­sary. (ADVERTISEMENT)WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON TROIS' MAILING LIST?LET US KNOW BY WRITING TO TROIS CIRCULATION,P.O. BOX 12501, FT. WAYNE, IN 46863 • A Publication of the Gay/Lesbian Organization (GLO) at Fort Wayne Inc. • EDITORSPACE ....Self-deception by N. Leigh Dunlap •"I helped to defeat the E.R.A." If that were Phylis Shlafley's statement, she could say it with pride --but it's not. It's mine, and I'm ashamed. This is a recent self-realiza­tion and long in coming. I fully support the E.R.A. and always have. 1 talked about it, argued for it. I even bought a bumper-sticker, but I've never had a car so I stuck it on my bedroom mirror where very few people ever saw it. I remember my frustration and even vague contempt for the men and wymyn who were apathetic about it, and my rage at those who opposed it. I had a lot of emotion involved in the E.R.A., but not once did anything I said or did amount to anything that might have influ­enced its passage. This isn't about the E.R.A., it's about self­deception. How long I deluded myself that by believing in the E.R.A. I was somehow a sup­porter-- that I had earned the right to talk about "Our" struggle. Since my own realization I've come to see that apathy is not the only problem, even inaction is not. Self-deception too, is a danger. In any cause, there is apathy and there is inaction in the people most likely to be dir­ectly affected -- these people are what I call the "political celibates." They are not easily aroused because they choose not to be, but they can once in a while be moved to a change of heart. It is for the "political closet cases "that I feel. These people need not undergo a change of heart -- their hearts are in the right places. They care, and have not con­sciously chosen uninvolvement -- but they are very hard to reach. Because they care, because they believe, they more easily see themselves as supporters, and turn the pleas for assist­ance to their apathetic peers. Herein lies the deception. Is belief alone, support? In the final count, can it be said to have achieved any more than apathy? Not really. I regret, now, the letters I might have written, the milligram I might have contributed to the over-all weight of the E.R.A .Pass or fail, I will not permit there to be a day in my life when I might regret being an inactive supporter of Senate Bill 311. I've come to see beyond my self-deception, and I've realized that just knowing the choreography is not the same as performing the dance .Those of you who truly care about the victims of AIDS, those of you who want to see the day when no Gay or Lesbian can be discriminated against without recourse, please, take time to look at yourselves without deception, and decide if there is not one more thing you could do to make your beliefs reality. • GLO Financial Report January 1 to June 31, 1983
Beginning Balance ............ $353.60.INCOME Memberships .................. $415.00 TROIS ........................ . $ 1 ,269.00 Fundraisers .................. . $ 1,852.4 Total………$3 536.43; EXPENSE TROIS ........................ . $1,627.21 Organizational ............... . 1,270.28.Total $2,897.49 Ending Balance ............... $ 992.54Figures compiled by Deb Overcash, Sec.-Treas. • CORRECTION of Pride Week Figures in our last issue: the expenses were errantly listed as income and the income as expenses. Deb re­ported them correctly, but they were reversed in layout. Sorry 'bout that! --T. Kimmel • STAFF EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: N. Leigh Dunlap & Tim Kimmel COPY EDITOR: Mary Voors CALENDAR EDITOR: Susan AD ARTIST: Laura Bowen CONTRIBUTORS: Deb Overcash, Laura Coon, Mil King, Jane Ritchhart, Noel Maze, and others. • "TROIS" (Three Rivers' One In Six) is a monthly publication of the. "Gay/ Lesbian Organization at Fort Wayne." All correspondence, suggestions, donations, manuscripts, etc.,) may be sent to P.O. Box 12501, Fort Wayne, IN, 46863. Material in this newsletter is original unless otherwise noted. Any opinion included is ex­pression of the writer only. Please credit "TROIS-Fort Wayne." when reprinting from us. "TROIS" is funded through donations and fund- raisers so that the issues may be free and therefore reach as many persons as possible. Our purpose as an information source is to receive and relay news, opinion, and activities that would contribute to the building of the gay and lesbian movement and the growth of gay and lesbian consciousness. Persons' names, organizations, and advertisers included in "TROIS" are no indication of their sexual preference. • (ADVERTISEMENT) OPEN DOOR CHAPEL A Multi- Ministry Christian Church. "Up The Stairs" Community Center305 W Jefferson Sunday Worship 7:00PM "Check the calendar for nightly events • SOURCE Formed • The Sexual Orientation Unified Resources for Civil Equality Committee (SOURCE) is a GLO core committee of four individuals whose pur­pose is to co-ordinate and orchestrate out­reach and educational measures concerning Senate Bill 311. Its efforts are currently concentrated on networking with Clergy, and heightening awareness of the bill, in local politicians and City Council members. The committee also plans to organize more special­ized, task-force committees which will concen­trate on specific outreach measures. At a July 30 conference, Louis Mayhern, the bill's sponsor; Kathy Sarris, of Justice; Attorney Norma Bradway; and Judy Diiorio, Sociologist, are scheduled to give presenta­tions on various aspects of the bill.* SOURCE is also planning a conference in the fall, at IPFW in conjunction with the sociology and womens' studies departments. Your input and participation is encouraged. For more informa­tion, write: SOURCE Committee, c/o P.O. Box12501, Fort Wayne, IN in this issue. • EMBASSY FILM TICKETS • It's time to prepare now for the winter bore­doms. How about season tickets to the fall-­winter-spring Embassy Film Series? The line­up for this season's films include classics such as Singing in the Rain, The Sting, The Agony and the Ecstacy, Carousel, Hello Dolly, and many more. The Gay/Lesbian Resource Center and Archives is selling the season tickets as a fundraiser. You'll see 13 classics shown as you've never seen them: on the "big screen" at the Embassy Theatre. Tickets are $12.00 (that's only 92¢per movie!). Call Kent Neuhouser at 745-4460--days at 486-4161--to purchase your tickets, or for further information. Tickets avail­able through August 15th only, while they last. (ADVERTISEMENT) confused? gay/lesbian HELPLINE MONDAY THRU SUNDAY 7:30PM to10:00PM 422-1766 (ADVERTISEMENT) HAIR SHOPPE OF FORT WAYNE 1117 1/2 SOUTH CLINTON BEHIND THE CATHEDRAL MAKE A LUNCH HOUR APPOINTMENT SALON TANS NOW AVAILABLE Let Our Reputation Go to Your Head DESIGNS BY MARVIN KEVIN KAY FREE PARKING SOUTH OF THE SHOP 424-1970 • (ADVERTISEMENT) NEW WORLD CHURCH AND OUTREACH CENTER, INC. 456-6570 OUTREACH CENTER HOURS at 222 East Leith RAP/FELLOWSHIP/CABLE TV/SUPPORT GROUP SUNDAY - THURSDAY: 2 P.M. to 1 A.M. FRIDAY - SATURDAY: 2 P.M. to 2 A.M. SPIRITUAL CENTER SERVICES at 213 East Leith A POSITIVE. METAPHYSICAL VIEW OF GOD SUNDAY 5:30 -- WORSHIP SERVICE MONDAY 8:00 -- OPEN PULPIT WEDNESDAY 8:00 -- SPIRITUAL AWARENESS FRIDAY 8:00 -- BIBLE STUDY FRIDAY 8:30 -- FULLER LIVING CLASS 24-HOUR GAY / LESBIAN OUTREACH LINE FOR INFORMATION, GUIDANCE, AND POSITIVE FEEDBACK CALL: 456-6570 • (ADVERTISEMENT) The Citizens Action Coalition, a grassroots citizens group, is now interviewing politically motivated, hardworking people interested in campaigning on energy and economic issues. Hours approx. 2:00-10:00 pm. $160 per week Call: (219)423-4492 between 10am-4pm. • Playwriting Contest Entries for a playwriting contest to honor the late Jane Chambers are being accepted by the Meridian Theatre Playwrights and Directors Group of New York. The Jane Chambers Memorial International Gay Playwriting Contest, designed to encourage the writing of new Lesbian and Gay plays, is named to honor Chambers notable contributions to Gay Theatre. Plays may be full-length or one-act, must have a major gay character or theme and must not have been produced in Metro New York. Plays must be typewritten in English, have a cast break-down, and be accompanied by a SASE for return of the script. Entry deadline is October 1, 1983. Mail to Meridian Theatre Playwrights and Directors Group, c/o Pittman, 245 W. 51st Street, Number 703, NY, NY 10019.--From GCN, News of the Columbus Gay & Lesbian Community • By-laws Update • CHANGES AT THE LAST GENERAL MEETING Article II, Membership Meetings, Section 9:"The Board of Directors shall hold no less than four (4) regular meetings for the gen­eral membership in addition to the two an­nual meetings in each program year." This section is an addition to the by-laws. BY-LAWS PROPOSAL FOR AUGUST GENERAL MEETING The Ad Hoc By-laws Committee is recommending that Article III, Board of Directors, Section2 be amended as follows: "Section 2. The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the general management of the affairs of the corporation, shall determine corporate policy, shall set an annual budget and administer it, shall give charges to the standing and ad hoc committees, and shall set short term (1 year) and long term (3 year)goals for the organization. The Board Members who are not Officers shall be responsible for programming for the general membership meet­ings and overseeing the standing and ad hoc committees. "Rationale: spells out additional responsibil­ities of the Board and squarely places certain responsibilities on the Board rather than be­ing currently undefined except by policy. •GLO Needs your help Name· ________ Date_______ Address____________________ Phone ______ (optional) Zip _________ 1983 GLO MEMBERSHIP*_____ $10.00 Supportive Member_____$7.00 Regular Member_____ $5.00 Low-Income Member_____ $100.00 Patron *Membership Expiration: 12/31/83 ooooo ~ I realize I must do my part if the Fort Wayne area struggle for Gay/Lesbian unity and justice is to continue at all o o o o Make checks payable to GLO AT FORT WAYNE P.O. Box 12501 Fort Wayne, IN 46863TOTAL ENCLOSED _______• BEFORE STONEWALL • by Mary R. Voors Most lesbians and gays are aware of the Stone­wall Rebellion of June 1969, when Gay Men and Lesbian Women in New York actively fought po­lice harassment. This event is now commonly accepted as marking the beginning of the cur­rent Lesbian/Gay movement. But what do we know of our history? -- Was there gay life before Stonewall? A documentary history of gay/lesbian life prior to 1970 is now in production. The ti­tle is Before Stonewall. The origins and development of the early gay rights movement will be explored using filmed recollections from media and private collections, interviews from many gay Americans, and other sources such as artwork, diaries, and letters. Covering the years 1920 to 1970, Before Stone­wall focuses on such important issues as the increased gay population in World War Two, the lesbian butch/femme community in the 1950's and1960's, the effect of the McCarthy era on gays and lesbians, and early gay/lesbian rights organizations such as the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis. Partially funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, New York Council for the Human­ities, and the New York State Council on the Arts, this documentary strives to show our history; the "Roots" of Lesbian and Gay America. When completed, this significant and pride ­evoking film will be shown on over 296 PBS sta­tions, reaching millions of people, and will give to us a sense of history. • A LOOK BACK ...by Mil King Today's Gay Society is not the same as it was thirty years ago. In the 1940's the Gay Set wasn't always so 'gay.' Gays and lesbians· lived by a code of rules that molded us into the people we are today, if we were lucky enough to survive. Today we find an assortment of life styles, with more emphasis on free will; no rules at all. This is good because it gives every person the chance to express his or her own self without the threat of being pounced up­on (so to speak) by the whole Gay Society. Let's return for a moment to the year 1945.Everything is done in a hush atmosphere. If you are a lesbian living in a big city, such as Chicago, you are either 'butch' or 'femme.' If you are femme, and you want to be thought of as a 'nice girl' you are never seen in a gay bar alone. If you are there alone, you are just an easy mark for the butches that come in for a drink or two. It was all right if a butch-type girl was in the bar alone. Men and women did not gather together. The side of town a person belonged to was shown by the style of dress. A person never went to a North side bar if he/she lived on the South side of town unless traveling in a group. Gays/lesbians settled their own quar­rels. Depending on the disagreement or of­fense, the punishment was agreed upon by the gang and carried out--no matter how long it took. Right away we can see where our crazy rules were just as weird as the rules that are tacked on the heterosexual society. It was not easy to be gay thirty-five years ago. Some made it, some did not. I learned how to fight before I was out of high school. I was drinking long before I was fifteen. Back then you did not worry about family knowing or not. From this I now see where suicide played a major role in our lives. To meet as a group and talk about problems was unheard of. Too bad, many lives would have been saved if this had been allowed to happen. No wonder we were hated, no wonder we were feared. At the time we were an enemy to so­ciety as well as ourselves. We are lucky today, we enjoy life more today. There is so much to write about, so much that needs to be said in reference to our history. We have surely come a long way ,baby; but, by the grace of God, we will make it; even though we still have a long way to go. Editors' Note: We are interested in recol­lections/insights from older Gays and Lesbians about "Pre-Stonewall" gay life. If you are an older Lesbian or Gay man, and would be interested in sharing your views of past gay culture with the "Post-Stonewall" generation, Please contact Leigh Dunlap or Tim Kimmel, or call 422-1766. (ADVERTISEMENT) OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM CENTER, INC. LIVING GAY GROUP for MEN over 21 Tuesday 8:00 - 10:00 P.M. $3.00 1208 East State Blvd. For Information call: 483-8280 • GLO FUNDRAISERS Have clothes you never get around to repairing? Well here is a solution for you. Mend • A • Thon Wednesday August 17 2:00P.M. =10:00 P.M. Saturday August 20 9:00 A .M -6:00P.M. 1412 West Washington Blvd. Price List Small rips + holes (each) .50 - $1.00; Large rips + holes (each) $1.00 - up; Long sleeves shortened $3.00; Long pants made short $3.50; Pants hem changed $4.00; Skirt hem changed $4.00; Pull or circular skirt $5.00; Zippers replaced Fly $6.00 Other$4.00; Other alterations taken and returned within two weeks. All proceeds go to GLO. • Make A Splash Poolside Sunday August 14 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. At Ray Collin's house: 1720 Del Cove Dr. Beer and sandwiches (bring your own cola ) $4.00 GLO Members $4.50 Non Members • Also On Saturday August 27 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. At Pat Orts house: 2614 East Dr. Bring your own drinks and munchies. No Alcohol Please $3.00 GLO Members $3.50 Non Members • Support from NWSA • by Mary R. Voors The National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) held their annual convention June 26 - 30 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. From the early morning Caucus/Task-Force meet­ings through the many workshops held daily, to the poetry readings and concerts held nightly, which featured such performers as May Sarton, Kate Clinton, Mary Watkins, Alive!, and Marge Piercy, each day was packed full of information. The workshops covered a wide range of topic such as: "Role Relationships: Lesbian Perspec­tives", "Feminist Criticism of Shakespere", "American Lesbian Communities 1940-1970", "Fem­inist Pornography: A Contradiction in Terms?", and "Lesbian Separatism: Herstory and Theory".Panalists from Fort Hayne were represented in presenting such workshops as "Feminist Humor and Sexual Politics", "Keeping the Feminist Curriculum Feminist", and "Lesbianism in Hetero­sexual Institutions". Over 240 workshops were open to the convention attendents. The NHSA convention ended Thursday afternoon with the delegate assembly. Among the reso­lutions passed were two which showed positive support of the national lesbian/gay community: "Whereas AIDS has created a medical emergency in this country, NHSA urges all appropriate federal, state, and private agencies to give priority funding to treatment and research of this disease, and whereas 'illness is metaphor', NHSA abhors the use of AIDS to villify those groups -- homosexual men, Haitian immigrants, and drug users -- who are chief among its tra­gic victims. The second resolution was presented by the Lesbian Caucus and reads: "Whereas lesbians are oppressed, and kept from their heritage by this patriarchal society, and, whereas homo­phobia renders lesbians and their culture invisible... be it resolved that NWSA strongly support the establishment of lesbianism courses taught from the feminist perspective. "The NHSA Constitution states that the annual convention "serve as an educational and inspir­ational force in and of itself." Using this criteria, the conference was a tremendous success.(CALENDAR) 1983 GLO OFFICE HOURS 7:30-10PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AUGUST INFORMATION HELPLINE 422-1766 • A LL MEETINGS AT THE UP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 305 W. JEFFERSON UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; 7 NEW WORLD CHURCH SERVICE 5:30PM 213 E. LEITH ST.; OPEN DOOR CHAPELWORSHIP SERVICE 7PM UP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 14 GLO FUNDRAISER POOL PARTY AT RAY COLLINS' 1-5 PM; NEW WORLD CHURCH SERVICE 5:30PM 213 E. LEITH ST. OPEN DOOR CHAPELWORSHIP SERVICE 7PMUP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 21 NEW WORLD CHURCH SERVICE5:30 PM 213 E. LEITH ST. OPEN DOOR CHAPEL WORSHIP SERVICE 7PM UP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 28 NEW WORLD CHURCH SERVICE 5:30 PM 213 E. 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OPEN DOOR CHAPEL ICE CREAM SOCIAL 7:30PM ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS & AL ANON 5 PM; 20 COMMUNITY CENTER MEETING 10AM GLO FUNDRAISER MEND-A-THON AT DOUG KNOX'S ALL DAY; GAY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS & AL ANON 5 PM; 27 GLO FUNDRAISER POOL PARTY AT PAT ORT'S 1-5PM; GAY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS &AL ANON 5 PM; ALL MEETINGS AT THE UP THE STIIIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 303 W, JEFFERSON UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; YOUTH SERVICES FOR INFORMATION CALL JOYCE AT 422-7913; NEW WORLD CHURCH MONDAYS OPEN PULPIT 8PM WEDNESDAYS SPIRITUAL AWARENESS CLASS 8PM FRIDAYS BIBLE STUDY CLIASS 8PM FULLER LIVING CLASS 8:30 PM DROP IN HOURS SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY 1PM-11PM FRIDIAY I SATURDAY 1PM-2AM

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TROIS AUGUST '83 Fort Wayne Indiana Three Rivers' One In Six Issue #41 • PMS: WHAT IS IT? by Gail Post, R.N., M.S.; Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is the physical and emotional response of a woman's body to cyclic hormonal change. Symptoms recur reg­ularly and there is a symptom free phase during each cycle. Symptoms vary in type, intensity and timing from woman to woman. Symptoms may include tension, anxiety, de­pression, fatigue, clumsiness, headaches, swelling, breast tenderness, joint pain, head­aches, herpes outbreaks, sinusitis, as well as many others. Symptoms may occur anytime be­tween midcycle (usually time of ovulation) and the middle of the menstrual flow. It varies in length in individuals. PMS usually begins at a time of hormonal change such as at puberty, with or after use of the Pill, after pregnancy, after a tubal ligation, or after a hysterectomy. Dr. Katharina Dalton began treating PMS in England over thirty years ago. She estimates that 40% of menstrual age women experience some symptoms and that 10% of menstrual age women experience severe symptoms which interfere with a normal life. he severe symptoms are most often noticed in a women's 30's and often increase in severity sith age until menopause. There are many theories about the cause of PMS and as a result many theories of treatment. Diagnosis depends on a woman's recognition of the cyclic occurrence of symptoms. Charting of symptoms and menstruation along with the dates they occur aid the woman and her physi­cian in diagnosis. Unfortunately, PMS has only recently been re­cognized, treated, and written about in the U.S. Obtaining medical recognition and care may take knowledge, patience, and energy which may be difficult for a PMS sufferer with se­vere symptoms. There are some self-help ways to relieve PMS symptoms. These include frequent small, high protein, low carbohydrate meals, and no caf­feine. Also Vitamin B6 (100-500 mg./day),Magnesium (250 mg.), Calcium (125 mg.), and Potassium (50-100 mg.) may help. Exercise and relaxation techniques aid in coping with the premenstrual symptom. Traditional medical treatment with tranquil­izers, antidepressants, the Pill, progestogens (synthetic progesterone) and hysterectomy often do not help PMS. Current medical treatment with antiprostaglandins (Ponstel, Motrin) or diuretics (especially spironolactone) often relieve some of the symptoms. Dr. Dalton has used treatment with natural progesterone for over thirty years. It can only be used vagi­nally, rectally, or by injection. Recently the first progesterone treatment research in the U.S. was recommended for approval by an FDA committee. Progesterone can be prescribed by physicians and, despite controversy, is used by growing numbers of women who have not gained relief with other treatment. Editors' note: Because Ms. Post experienced severe symptoms for several years and spent those years learning about PMS and searching for help before she did find relief, she wants to educate and support women with similar pro­blems. She is leading several free PMS sup­port groups as well as offering individual con­sultations for a fee at Phoenix Clinics. She believes women suffer needlessly and wants wo­men in this area to understand PMS and obtain relief of the symptoms in whatever way neces­sary. (ADVERTISEMENT)WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON TROIS' MAILING LIST?LET US KNOW BY WRITING TO TROIS CIRCULATION,P.O. BOX 12501, FT. WAYNE, IN 46863 • A Publication of the Gay/Lesbian Organization (GLO) at Fort Wayne Inc. • EDITORSPACE ....Self-deception by N. Leigh Dunlap •"I helped to defeat the E.R.A." If that were Phylis Shlafley's statement, she could say it with pride --but it's not. It's mine, and I'm ashamed. This is a recent self-realiza­tion and long in coming. I fully support the E.R.A. and always have. 1 talked about it, argued for it. I even bought a bumper-sticker, but I've never had a car so I stuck it on my bedroom mirror where very few people ever saw it. I remember my frustration and even vague contempt for the men and wymyn who were apathetic about it, and my rage at those who opposed it. I had a lot of emotion involved in the E.R.A., but not once did anything I said or did amount to anything that might have influ­enced its passage. This isn't about the E.R.A., it's about self­deception. How long I deluded myself that by believing in the E.R.A. I was somehow a sup­porter-- that I had earned the right to talk about "Our" struggle. Since my own realization I've come to see that apathy is not the only problem, even inaction is not. Self-deception too, is a danger. In any cause, there is apathy and there is inaction in the people most likely to be dir­ectly affected -- these people are what I call the "political celibates." They are not easily aroused because they choose not to be, but they can once in a while be moved to a change of heart. It is for the "political closet cases "that I feel. These people need not undergo a change of heart -- their hearts are in the right places. They care, and have not con­sciously chosen uninvolvement -- but they are very hard to reach. Because they care, because they believe, they more easily see themselves as supporters, and turn the pleas for assist­ance to their apathetic peers. Herein lies the deception. Is belief alone, support? In the final count, can it be said to have achieved any more than apathy? Not really. I regret, now, the letters I might have written, the milligram I might have contributed to the over-all weight of the E.R.A .Pass or fail, I will not permit there to be a day in my life when I might regret being an inactive supporter of Senate Bill 311. I've come to see beyond my self-deception, and I've realized that just knowing the choreography is not the same as performing the dance .Those of you who truly care about the victims of AIDS, those of you who want to see the day when no Gay or Lesbian can be discriminated against without recourse, please, take time to look at yourselves without deception, and decide if there is not one more thing you could do to make your beliefs reality. • GLO Financial Report January 1 to June 31, 1983
Beginning Balance ............ $353.60.INCOME Memberships .................. $415.00 TROIS ........................ . $ 1 ,269.00 Fundraisers .................. . $ 1,852.4 Total………$3 536.43; EXPENSE TROIS ........................ . $1,627.21 Organizational ............... . 1,270.28.Total $2,897.49 Ending Balance ............... $ 992.54Figures compiled by Deb Overcash, Sec.-Treas. • CORRECTION of Pride Week Figures in our last issue: the expenses were errantly listed as income and the income as expenses. Deb re­ported them correctly, but they were reversed in layout. Sorry 'bout that! --T. Kimmel • STAFF EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: N. Leigh Dunlap & Tim Kimmel COPY EDITOR: Mary Voors CALENDAR EDITOR: Susan AD ARTIST: Laura Bowen CONTRIBUTORS: Deb Overcash, Laura Coon, Mil King, Jane Ritchhart, Noel Maze, and others. • "TROIS" (Three Rivers' One In Six) is a monthly publication of the. "Gay/ Lesbian Organization at Fort Wayne." All correspondence, suggestions, donations, manuscripts, etc.,) may be sent to P.O. Box 12501, Fort Wayne, IN, 46863. Material in this newsletter is original unless otherwise noted. Any opinion included is ex­pression of the writer only. Please credit "TROIS-Fort Wayne." when reprinting from us. "TROIS" is funded through donations and fund- raisers so that the issues may be free and therefore reach as many persons as possible. Our purpose as an information source is to receive and relay news, opinion, and activities that would contribute to the building of the gay and lesbian movement and the growth of gay and lesbian consciousness. Persons' names, organizations, and advertisers included in "TROIS" are no indication of their sexual preference. • (ADVERTISEMENT) OPEN DOOR CHAPEL A Multi- Ministry Christian Church. "Up The Stairs" Community Center305 W Jefferson Sunday Worship 7:00PM "Check the calendar for nightly events • SOURCE Formed • The Sexual Orientation Unified Resources for Civil Equality Committee (SOURCE) is a GLO core committee of four individuals whose pur­pose is to co-ordinate and orchestrate out­reach and educational measures concerning Senate Bill 311. Its efforts are currently concentrated on networking with Clergy, and heightening awareness of the bill, in local politicians and City Council members. The committee also plans to organize more special­ized, task-force committees which will concen­trate on specific outreach measures. At a July 30 conference, Louis Mayhern, the bill's sponsor; Kathy Sarris, of Justice; Attorney Norma Bradway; and Judy Diiorio, Sociologist, are scheduled to give presenta­tions on various aspects of the bill.* SOURCE is also planning a conference in the fall, at IPFW in conjunction with the sociology and womens' studies departments. Your input and participation is encouraged. For more informa­tion, write: SOURCE Committee, c/o P.O. Box12501, Fort Wayne, IN in this issue. • EMBASSY FILM TICKETS • It's time to prepare now for the winter bore­doms. How about season tickets to the fall-­winter-spring Embassy Film Series? The line­up for this season's films include classics such as Singing in the Rain, The Sting, The Agony and the Ecstacy, Carousel, Hello Dolly, and many more. The Gay/Lesbian Resource Center and Archives is selling the season tickets as a fundraiser. You'll see 13 classics shown as you've never seen them: on the "big screen" at the Embassy Theatre. Tickets are $12.00 (that's only 92¢per movie!). Call Kent Neuhouser at 745-4460--days at 486-4161--to purchase your tickets, or for further information. Tickets avail­able through August 15th only, while they last. (ADVERTISEMENT) confused? gay/lesbian HELPLINE MONDAY THRU SUNDAY 7:30PM to10:00PM 422-1766 (ADVERTISEMENT) HAIR SHOPPE OF FORT WAYNE 1117 1/2 SOUTH CLINTON BEHIND THE CATHEDRAL MAKE A LUNCH HOUR APPOINTMENT SALON TANS NOW AVAILABLE Let Our Reputation Go to Your Head DESIGNS BY MARVIN KEVIN KAY FREE PARKING SOUTH OF THE SHOP 424-1970 • (ADVERTISEMENT) NEW WORLD CHURCH AND OUTREACH CENTER, INC. 456-6570 OUTREACH CENTER HOURS at 222 East Leith RAP/FELLOWSHIP/CABLE TV/SUPPORT GROUP SUNDAY - THURSDAY: 2 P.M. to 1 A.M. FRIDAY - SATURDAY: 2 P.M. to 2 A.M. SPIRITUAL CENTER SERVICES at 213 East Leith A POSITIVE. METAPHYSICAL VIEW OF GOD SUNDAY 5:30 -- WORSHIP SERVICE MONDAY 8:00 -- OPEN PULPIT WEDNESDAY 8:00 -- SPIRITUAL AWARENESS FRIDAY 8:00 -- BIBLE STUDY FRIDAY 8:30 -- FULLER LIVING CLASS 24-HOUR GAY / LESBIAN OUTREACH LINE FOR INFORMATION, GUIDANCE, AND POSITIVE FEEDBACK CALL: 456-6570 • (ADVERTISEMENT) The Citizens Action Coalition, a grassroots citizens group, is now interviewing politically motivated, hardworking people interested in campaigning on energy and economic issues. Hours approx. 2:00-10:00 pm. $160 per week Call: (219)423-4492 between 10am-4pm. • Playwriting Contest Entries for a playwriting contest to honor the late Jane Chambers are being accepted by the Meridian Theatre Playwrights and Directors Group of New York. The Jane Chambers Memorial International Gay Playwriting Contest, designed to encourage the writing of new Lesbian and Gay plays, is named to honor Chambers notable contributions to Gay Theatre. Plays may be full-length or one-act, must have a major gay character or theme and must not have been produced in Metro New York. Plays must be typewritten in English, have a cast break-down, and be accompanied by a SASE for return of the script. Entry deadline is October 1, 1983. Mail to Meridian Theatre Playwrights and Directors Group, c/o Pittman, 245 W. 51st Street, Number 703, NY, NY 10019.--From GCN, News of the Columbus Gay & Lesbian Community • By-laws Update • CHANGES AT THE LAST GENERAL MEETING Article II, Membership Meetings, Section 9:"The Board of Directors shall hold no less than four (4) regular meetings for the gen­eral membership in addition to the two an­nual meetings in each program year." This section is an addition to the by-laws. BY-LAWS PROPOSAL FOR AUGUST GENERAL MEETING The Ad Hoc By-laws Committee is recommending that Article III, Board of Directors, Section2 be amended as follows: "Section 2. The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the general management of the affairs of the corporation, shall determine corporate policy, shall set an annual budget and administer it, shall give charges to the standing and ad hoc committees, and shall set short term (1 year) and long term (3 year)goals for the organization. The Board Members who are not Officers shall be responsible for programming for the general membership meet­ings and overseeing the standing and ad hoc committees. "Rationale: spells out additional responsibil­ities of the Board and squarely places certain responsibilities on the Board rather than be­ing currently undefined except by policy. •GLO Needs your help Name· ________ Date_______ Address____________________ Phone ______ (optional) Zip _________ 1983 GLO MEMBERSHIP*_____ $10.00 Supportive Member_____$7.00 Regular Member_____ $5.00 Low-Income Member_____ $100.00 Patron *Membership Expiration: 12/31/83 ooooo ~ I realize I must do my part if the Fort Wayne area struggle for Gay/Lesbian unity and justice is to continue at all o o o o Make checks payable to GLO AT FORT WAYNE P.O. Box 12501 Fort Wayne, IN 46863TOTAL ENCLOSED _______• BEFORE STONEWALL • by Mary R. Voors Most lesbians and gays are aware of the Stone­wall Rebellion of June 1969, when Gay Men and Lesbian Women in New York actively fought po­lice harassment. This event is now commonly accepted as marking the beginning of the cur­rent Lesbian/Gay movement. But what do we know of our history? -- Was there gay life before Stonewall? A documentary history of gay/lesbian life prior to 1970 is now in production. The ti­tle is Before Stonewall. The origins and development of the early gay rights movement will be explored using filmed recollections from media and private collections, interviews from many gay Americans, and other sources such as artwork, diaries, and letters. Covering the years 1920 to 1970, Before Stone­wall focuses on such important issues as the increased gay population in World War Two, the lesbian butch/femme community in the 1950's and1960's, the effect of the McCarthy era on gays and lesbians, and early gay/lesbian rights organizations such as the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis. Partially funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, New York Council for the Human­ities, and the New York State Council on the Arts, this documentary strives to show our history; the "Roots" of Lesbian and Gay America. When completed, this significant and pride ­evoking film will be shown on over 296 PBS sta­tions, reaching millions of people, and will give to us a sense of history. • A LOOK BACK ...by Mil King Today's Gay Society is not the same as it was thirty years ago. In the 1940's the Gay Set wasn't always so 'gay.' Gays and lesbians· lived by a code of rules that molded us into the people we are today, if we were lucky enough to survive. Today we find an assortment of life styles, with more emphasis on free will; no rules at all. This is good because it gives every person the chance to express his or her own self without the threat of being pounced up­on (so to speak) by the whole Gay Society. Let's return for a moment to the year 1945.Everything is done in a hush atmosphere. If you are a lesbian living in a big city, such as Chicago, you are either 'butch' or 'femme.' If you are femme, and you want to be thought of as a 'nice girl' you are never seen in a gay bar alone. If you are there alone, you are just an easy mark for the butches that come in for a drink or two. It was all right if a butch-type girl was in the bar alone. Men and women did not gather together. The side of town a person belonged to was shown by the style of dress. A person never went to a North side bar if he/she lived on the South side of town unless traveling in a group. Gays/lesbians settled their own quar­rels. Depending on the disagreement or of­fense, the punishment was agreed upon by the gang and carried out--no matter how long it took. Right away we can see where our crazy rules were just as weird as the rules that are tacked on the heterosexual society. It was not easy to be gay thirty-five years ago. Some made it, some did not. I learned how to fight before I was out of high school. I was drinking long before I was fifteen. Back then you did not worry about family knowing or not. From this I now see where suicide played a major role in our lives. To meet as a group and talk about problems was unheard of. Too bad, many lives would have been saved if this had been allowed to happen. No wonder we were hated, no wonder we were feared. At the time we were an enemy to so­ciety as well as ourselves. We are lucky today, we enjoy life more today. There is so much to write about, so much that needs to be said in reference to our history. We have surely come a long way ,baby; but, by the grace of God, we will make it; even though we still have a long way to go. Editors' Note: We are interested in recol­lections/insights from older Gays and Lesbians about "Pre-Stonewall" gay life. If you are an older Lesbian or Gay man, and would be interested in sharing your views of past gay culture with the "Post-Stonewall" generation, Please contact Leigh Dunlap or Tim Kimmel, or call 422-1766. (ADVERTISEMENT) OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM CENTER, INC. LIVING GAY GROUP for MEN over 21 Tuesday 8:00 - 10:00 P.M. $3.00 1208 East State Blvd. For Information call: 483-8280 • GLO FUNDRAISERS Have clothes you never get around to repairing? Well here is a solution for you. Mend • A • Thon Wednesday August 17 2:00P.M. =10:00 P.M. Saturday August 20 9:00 A .M -6:00P.M. 1412 West Washington Blvd. Price List Small rips + holes (each) .50 - $1.00; Large rips + holes (each) $1.00 - up; Long sleeves shortened $3.00; Long pants made short $3.50; Pants hem changed $4.00; Skirt hem changed $4.00; Pull or circular skirt $5.00; Zippers replaced Fly $6.00 Other$4.00; Other alterations taken and returned within two weeks. All proceeds go to GLO. • Make A Splash Poolside Sunday August 14 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. At Ray Collin's house: 1720 Del Cove Dr. Beer and sandwiches (bring your own cola ) $4.00 GLO Members $4.50 Non Members • Also On Saturday August 27 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. At Pat Orts house: 2614 East Dr. Bring your own drinks and munchies. No Alcohol Please $3.00 GLO Members $3.50 Non Members • Support from NWSA • by Mary R. Voors The National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) held their annual convention June 26 - 30 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. From the early morning Caucus/Task-Force meet­ings through the many workshops held daily, to the poetry readings and concerts held nightly, which featured such performers as May Sarton, Kate Clinton, Mary Watkins, Alive!, and Marge Piercy, each day was packed full of information. The workshops covered a wide range of topic such as: "Role Relationships: Lesbian Perspec­tives", "Feminist Criticism of Shakespere", "American Lesbian Communities 1940-1970", "Fem­inist Pornography: A Contradiction in Terms?", and "Lesbian Separatism: Herstory and Theory".Panalists from Fort Hayne were represented in presenting such workshops as "Feminist Humor and Sexual Politics", "Keeping the Feminist Curriculum Feminist", and "Lesbianism in Hetero­sexual Institutions". Over 240 workshops were open to the convention attendents. The NHSA convention ended Thursday afternoon with the delegate assembly. Among the reso­lutions passed were two which showed positive support of the national lesbian/gay community: "Whereas AIDS has created a medical emergency in this country, NHSA urges all appropriate federal, state, and private agencies to give priority funding to treatment and research of this disease, and whereas 'illness is metaphor', NHSA abhors the use of AIDS to villify those groups -- homosexual men, Haitian immigrants, and drug users -- who are chief among its tra­gic victims. The second resolution was presented by the Lesbian Caucus and reads: "Whereas lesbians are oppressed, and kept from their heritage by this patriarchal society, and, whereas homo­phobia renders lesbians and their culture invisible... be it resolved that NWSA strongly support the establishment of lesbianism courses taught from the feminist perspective. "The NHSA Constitution states that the annual convention "serve as an educational and inspir­ational force in and of itself." Using this criteria, the conference was a tremendous success.(CALENDAR) 1983 GLO OFFICE HOURS 7:30-10PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AUGUST INFORMATION HELPLINE 422-1766 • A LL MEETINGS AT THE UP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 305 W. JEFFERSON UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; 7 NEW WORLD CHURCH SERVICE 5:30PM 213 E. LEITH ST.; OPEN DOOR CHAPELWORSHIP SERVICE 7PM UP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 14 GLO FUNDRAISER POOL PARTY AT RAY COLLINS' 1-5 PM; NEW WORLD CHURCH SERVICE 5:30PM 213 E. LEITH ST. OPEN DOOR CHAPELWORSHIP SERVICE 7PMUP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 21 NEW WORLD CHURCH SERVICE5:30 PM 213 E. LEITH ST. OPEN DOOR CHAPEL WORSHIP SERVICE 7PM UP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 28 NEW WORLD CHURCH SERVICE 5:30 PM 213 E. LEITH ST; OPEN DOOR CHAPEL WORSHIP SERVICE 7PM UP THE STAIRS COMMUNITY CENTER; 1 RESOURCE CENTER COMMITTEE MEETING 7:30 PM; 29 GLO TROIS STAFF MEETING 7:30PM; 2 FORT WAYNE FEMINISTS POTLUCK 6:30PM BUSINESS MEETING 8PM UP THE STIIIRS COMMUNITY CENTER; LIVING GAY DISCUSSION GROUP 8PM FOR MEN ONLY $3.00 1208 E. STATE ST. CALL 484-5634 FOR INFO; 9 FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE 7:30PM FOR LOCATION CALL JOYCE AT 422-7913; LIVING GAY DISCUSSION GROUP FOR MEN ONLY $3.00 1208 E. STATE CALL 484-5634 FOR INFO; 16 LIVING GAY DISCUSSION GROUP FOR MEN ONLY S3.00 1208 E. STATE CALL 484-5634 FOR INFO; 23 HELPLINE STAFFMEETING 8PM; LIVING GAY DISCUSSION GROUP FOR MEN ONLY S3.00 1208 E. STATE CALL 484-5634 FOR INFO; 30 LIVING GAY DISCUSSION GROUPFOR MEN ONLY $3.00 1208 E. 26 FORT WAYNE FEMINISTS COFFEE HOUSE (CLOSED TO MEN) “AMAZONS” 8PM -- YWCA VILLA; 6 GAY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS &AL ANON 5 PM; 13 OPEN DOOR CHAPEL CAR WASH 10 - 4PM AT ROGER'S MARKET ON WEST STATE ST, AT ST. MARY'S AVE. OPEN DOOR CHAPEL ICE CREAM SOCIAL 7:30PM ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS & AL ANON 5 PM; 20 COMMUNITY CENTER MEETING 10AM GLO FUNDRAISER MEND-A-THON AT DOUG KNOX'S ALL DAY; GAY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS & AL ANON 5 PM; 27 GLO FUNDRAISER POOL PARTY AT PAT ORT'S 1-5PM; GAY ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS &AL ANON 5 PM; ALL MEETINGS AT THE UP THE STIIIRS COMMUNITY CENTER 303 W, JEFFERSON UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; YOUTH SERVICES FOR INFORMATION CALL JOYCE AT 422-7913; NEW WORLD CHURCH MONDAYS OPEN PULPIT 8PM WEDNESDAYS SPIRITUAL AWARENESS CLASS 8PM FRIDAYS BIBLE STUDY CLIASS 8PM FULLER LIVING CLASS 8:30 PM DROP IN HOURS SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY 1PM-11PM FRIDIAY I SATURDAY 1PM-2AM